re: Top 5 Comedians - Does Norm Macdonald fall into that discussion

1. Doug Stanhope

2. Patrice O'Neal
3. Bill Burr
4. Dave Chapelle

5. Ralphie May

Also:
Louis CK
Joey Diaz
Don Rickles
Greg Giraldo
Mitch Hedberg
John Mulaney
Bill Hicks
Patton Oswalt even though he's a lil' bitch of a manlet as a person.


I remember liking Murphy, Carlin, Sam Kinison, ADC, etc at the time when I first saw them, but tbh most of their material just doesn't hold up. Pryor is better in this regard, but still not top 5. And tbh, that makes sense because the industry just wasn't as developed/competitive at the time.